坂

Meaning

坂 centers on a slanted surface: a slope, incline, or hill. The core idea is ground that rises or falls at an angle.

• 坂さか
  N4

  slope; incline; hill

• 坂道さかみち

  hill road

• 坂東ばんどう

  Bandō; former name of the Kantō region

• 下り坂くだりざか

  downhill; downward slope; descent

• 登坂とうはん

  climbing a slope (hill); ascending a hill

• 松坂屋まつざかや

  Matsuzakaya (major Japanese department store chain)

• 急坂きゅうはん

  steep slope; steep hill

• 坂路はんろ

  ramp; slope

• 上り坂のぼりざか

  ascent; uphill; upward slope

• だらだら坂だらだらざか

  gentle slope

• コクリコ坂からコクリコざかから

  From Up on Poppy Hill (manga, 2011 animated film)

• 下坂しもさか

  downhill; decline; waning

• 八坂刀売神やさかとめのかみ

  Yasakatome; deity worshipped at various (lower) Suwa shrines, and consort of Takeminakata

• 口では大坂の城も建つくちではおおさかのしろもたつ

  talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; building Osaka Castle by talking

• 坂を下りるさかをおりる

  to go downhill; to go down a slope

• 坂東三十三所ばんどうさんじゅうさんしょ

  thirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)

• 坂田鮫さかたざめ

  yellow guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii)

• 女坂おんなざか

  gentler of two paths (leading up to a shrine or temple)

• 急な坂きゅうなさか

  sudden drop; precipitous slope

• 東雲坂田鮫しののめさかたざめ

  bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma); mud skate; shark ray

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